Why did all the songs on my iPod Touch disappear?

I was having some trouble adding an album to my iPod Touch, when all of a sudden, most of the songs on my iPod disappeared. The only ones left are the songs I purchased from iTunes. No, I did not click "autofill" or sync to a new iTunes library. My iTunes iPod library says all my songs are on my iPod, but my iPod only says some of my songs are on it. HOW CAN I GET MY SONGS TO REAPPEAR ON MY IPOD!?!?!
P.S. When I click on a song in iTunes under my iPod that doesn't show up in my iPod, a "!" appears.

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Boy do I need halp.
1. I used "computer" windows 7 to delete all the songs on my ipod. BUT they didn't really delete because when I look my ipod in itunes the songs are there.
2. I had a hard time transfering songs to my ipod so I again used "Computer" and I draged songs from the folder they were in to the ipod. BUT when I look at my ipod in itunes the songs are not listed, BUT there is a large amount of gb listed as other.
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Why are my past purchases gone? So, I'm afraid to buy any tunes because once my Ipod syncs up - it deletes all the songs in my ipod.

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They would need to be very careful. My friend did that not to my comp but to his bros and well a bomb exploded that night it sounded like he was mad.!.!.!.!
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Hello Chris,
Thanks for your answer. I was hoping for an easier answer. Too bad there is no drag and drop solution, it would have been much easier.
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My ipod is linked to the family computer. i just took a bunch of cd's to work and downloaded them onto my itunes account but when i went to plug in my ipod to my work computer it says all the songs on my ipod would be lost.

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HT1689 i have over 5000 songs on my computer. Which is from songs bought from iTunes and from cd. i had all the songs on my iPod. went to download new songs and only 1500 songs are download . please help

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Help, lost all the songs on my iPod when checked the box titled "Replace all items when Autofilling" in my Autofill Settings window.

Help, I lost all the songs on my iPod when I deleted a few songs from my iTunes Library, checked the box titled "Replace all items when Autofilling" in my Autofill Settings window, and then tried to Autofill. Note that I do not purchase songs from iTunes, but rather I rip songs off my own cd's and then transfer the mp3 files to iTunes. And after I transfer mp3 files from my pc to iTunes and then Autofill, I generally delete those files from my pc.
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Connect your iPod to your computer. If it is set to update automatically you'll get a message that it is linked to a different library and asking if you want to link to this one and replace all your songs etc, press "Cancel". Pressing "Erase and Sync" will irretrievably remove all the songs from your iPod. Your iPod should appear in the iTunes source list from where you can change the update setting to manual and use your iPod without the risk of accidentally erasing it. Also when using most of the utilities listed below your iPod needs to be enabled for disc use, changing to manual update will do this by default. Check the "manually manage music and videos" box in Summary then press the Apply button: Managing content manually on iPod
You can also use a keyboard command to prevent your iPod auto-syncing with iTunes. While connecting the iPod to the computer on Windows with iTunes 7 installed hold down the Control and Alt keys (or Shift + Ctrl keys in older versions). This will stop the iPod from auto-syncing with iTunes and the iPod will appear in the source list. Wait until you are sure the iPod has mounted, and that it will not auto sync and then you can let the keys go. This may take between 20 to 30 seconds depending on your computer: iTunes 7 Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows
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HELP! After installing iTunes 7, all the songs on my iPod disappeared!

I dont know if othe people are having this problem too but it really *****!
I downloaded iTunes 7 a while back because i had no choice, i wouldnt be able to buy songs/music videos from it if i didnt.
It installed a new iTunes
then a new iPod upgrade.
A day later, i pluged in the iPod.
It asked me if i wanted to upgrade it with gapless playback because i thought it would save space or something.
so i put yes, and let it do it over night since it took so long..
then the next thing i knew when i woke up, is that all the songs on my iPod were GONE!
I even plugged it back into the computer and iTunes said there were no songs on my iPod! or videos or anything!
I rechecked everything and it said the iPod was still 98% full (because i had like 4,300 songs on it) and only 2mb of free space...
I checked iTunes and it said that the things were taking up space were 10% "pics" and 89% "other files".... so i know itunes can see the files there..
I KNOW THEY'RE STILL THERE!
CAN SOMEONE HELP ME GET THEM BACK?!?!
I know it was the gapless playback thing... is there any way to undo it??
Please... someone help me... i cant just back up all my songs... because i reformatted my computer a while ago too.. so i have no backed up songs... and a lot are from other friends too!
iPod Video 40GB Windows XP

IF all songs on the ipod are also on the PC
Just restore the ipod
If Not on the PC
You will have to TRY and rep[air the ipods database with yamipod. This way is not full proof, but its the only option you have since you have not backed up http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/docs/help/corruptedipod.php

Why did all the songs on my iPod Touch disappear?

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